On every Saturday evening after lunch, my family and I would gather in our lounge and have some quality time together given that we all had a hectic week. But nowadays there is always one person missing, my brother. I walk upstairs to sneak on him and catch him with the joystick in his hands, head leaned towards the screen with his eyes wide open. His video games are his family, not us. He doesn 't talk much these days, doesn 't concentrate on his studies. Video games have changed people 's lives. There are several effects of video games on people, both good and bad. Some of the negative effects can be problems in health, and wasting too much time. However there are many positive effects like Instant reflexes, the ability to earn money, and
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The days to go outside in the fresh air and ride bikes together are far gone, after video games came into our lives. Back in the day, my brother and I would beg our parents to get outside the house so we could play sports or even childish games. Now when I look at my brother all he wants to do is glue himself to his gaming chair and play games all weekend. He doesn 't exercise or play sports or even just move around the house. Statistics from "8factapp" show that people who sit all day and sleep more are more likely to die early. Sitting in the same chair the whole day has said to increase the risk of obesity. I went to visit a gaming center once and found people staring into their screens up close, eating burgers and drinking coke. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2014 monitored the habits of 1,003 sixth-graders. The researchers found that kids who spent more time in front of a screen -- whether it was a computer, TV or video game snacked more often and ate …show more content…
I had been quite upset about my brother 's obsession with video games. But when I heard his side of the argument, I understood the many positive effects it has. Firstly, playing any game improves a person 's reflexes. Most video games such as Call of Duty, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and hundreds more, require extremely fast reflexes. The researchers of Brain and Cognitive science at the University of Rochester took dozens of 18 to 25 year-olds who were not ordinarily video game players. They then split the subjects into two groups. One group played 50 hours of two particularly fast-paced games, Unreal Tournament and Call of Duty 2. The other group played 50 hours of the significantly slower simulation game The Sims 2. Afterward, both teams were asked to complete several tasks that were designed to test their reaction and cognitive thinking skills. And the result? Well, the team that played the fast moving action games were a whole 25 percent faster at answering the questions and completing the tests than the other team who had spent the morning building virtual houses with pretty white picket fences. My brother usually plays the game Grand Theft Auto in which, he has to drive his car through the city streets. He never follows the posted speed limit of the road but almost every time he manages to drive without hitting the other cars or even
The days to go outside in the fresh air and ride bikes together are far gone, after video games came into our lives. Back in the day, my brother and I would beg our parents to get outside the house so we could play sports or even childish games. Now when I look at my brother all he wants to do is glue himself to his gaming chair and play games all weekend. He doesn 't exercise or play sports or even just move around the house. Statistics from "8factapp" show that people who sit all day and sleep more are more likely to die early. Sitting in the same chair the whole day has said to increase the risk of obesity. I went to visit a gaming center once and found people staring into their screens up close, eating burgers and drinking coke. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in 2014 monitored the habits of 1,003 sixth-graders. The researchers found that kids who spent more time in front of a screen -- whether it was a computer, TV or video game snacked more often and ate …show more content…
I had been quite upset about my brother 's obsession with video games. But when I heard his side of the argument, I understood the many positive effects it has. Firstly, playing any game improves a person 's reflexes. Most video games such as Call of Duty, Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and hundreds more, require extremely fast reflexes. The researchers of Brain and Cognitive science at the University of Rochester took dozens of 18 to 25 year-olds who were not ordinarily video game players. They then split the subjects into two groups. One group played 50 hours of two particularly fast-paced games, Unreal Tournament and Call of Duty 2. The other group played 50 hours of the significantly slower simulation game The Sims 2. Afterward, both teams were asked to complete several tasks that were designed to test their reaction and cognitive thinking skills. And the result? Well, the team that played the fast moving action games were a whole 25 percent faster at answering the questions and completing the tests than the other team who had spent the morning building virtual houses with pretty white picket fences. My brother usually plays the game Grand Theft Auto in which, he has to drive his car through the city streets. He never follows the posted speed limit of the road but almost every time he manages to drive without hitting the other cars or even